Noun reference

мешок

bag, sack

Masculine · Inanimate

Masculine hard consonant

Case paradigm

Singular and plural together

Compare each case across both numbers. The forms below are the noun's stored reference paradigm.

Singular and plural case forms for мешок
Case Singular Plural
Nominative мешок мешки
Accusative мешок мешки
Genitive мешка мешков
Dative мешку мешкам
Instrumental мешком мешками
Prepositional мешке мешках

Form pattern

How the forms are built

The paradigm above is authoritative. These notes expose a transparent ending change only when the stored declension family supports one.

Genitive · Singular мешок → мешка

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

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Nominative · Singular мешок This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural мешок → мешки The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular мешок- + zero ending → мешок Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural мешок → мешки The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular мешок → мешка The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural мешок → мешков The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular мешок → мешку The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural мешок → мешкам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular мешок → мешком The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural мешок → мешками The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular мешок → мешке The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural мешок → мешках The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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